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Associated Press
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Cayden – The Virtual Artist Reimagining Emotional Pop, Drops Debut Single ‘Esperanza'
LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 29, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Meet Cayden: not just the future of pop music, but a voice from another world literally. Hailing from a richly imagined parallel universe, Cayden makes his debut on Earth with the release of 'Esperanza,' an emotionally charged single that blends cinematic pop production with an urgent call for compassion, Sixth P Media announced today. Rooted in Latin-inspired melodies and moody, atmospheric soundscapes, 'Esperanza' channels the heartbreak of separation experienced by displaced families. Cayden's vocal performance carries themes of loss, longing, and quiet resilience—inviting listeners into a story that feels both otherworldly and deeply human. But Cayden isn't just here to sing—he's here to spark change. The single anchors a 12-week social impact campaign on TikTok and Instagram, rallying creators, musicians, and nonprofits to amplify stories of survival, hope, and justice. From mass deportations to mental health and climate displacement, the campaign uses storytelling to illuminate shared struggles and inspire collective healing. Hashtags like #CaydenEsperanza and #HumanNotIllegal will serve as digital threads connecting thousands of user-generated stories around hope. More than a virtual performer, Cayden represents a new kind of artist one who crosses dimensions and emotional boundaries alike. His voice, enhanced with advanced technology and grounded in live vocal performances, underscores the project's commitment to emotional authenticity. The result? A character who may be virtual, but whose message is undeniably real. ABOUT THE SONG: 'ESPERANZA' 'Esperanza' – Spanish for hope – is an emotive anthem about separation, survival, and the strength to hold on. From its first haunting note, Cayden's performance channels the heartache of marginalized communities around the world, offering not just recognition, but resonance. A WORD FROM THE CREATORS 'Cayden isn't just about cutting-edge animation,' says co-creator Elizabeth Daro. 'He's an artist who travels between worlds—real and imagined—to give voice to stories that often go unheard. His mission has always been emotional connection.' 'Esperanza' is now streaming on all major platforms. Join the movement. Share your story. #CaydenEsperanza LEARN MORE ONLINE AND STREAM MUSIC AT: For press inquiries or interviews with the creators, contact: Lizzy Molina / [email protected] ABOUT SIXTH P MEDIA: Founded by Lizzy Molina in 2015, Sixth P Media is a creative agency specializing in brand storytelling and strategy across music, sports, entertainment, and lifestyle sectors. With a foundation rooted in both creativity and data, we help companies craft bold narratives, amplify their digital presence, and turn ideas into movements. Our team of passionate thinkers works hands-on with each client to develop campaigns that resonate, content that converts, and designs that disrupt. From launching chart-topping singles to building athlete-driven campaigns and producing viral social rollouts, we bridge culture and commerce with precision and heart. At Sixth P Media, we believe vulnerability fuels connection and the most powerful brands are built on truth, intention, and imagination. VISIT: NEWS SOURCE: Sixth P Media Keywords: Music and Recording, Cayden The Virtual Artist, Esperanza, pop music, Sixth P Media, LOS ANGELES, Calif. This press release was issued on behalf of the news source (Sixth P Media) who is solely responsibile for its accuracy, by Send2Press® Newswire. Information is believed accurate but not guaranteed. Story ID: S2P126568 APNF0325A To view the original version, visit: © 2025 Send2Press® Newswire, a press release distribution service, Calif., USA. RIGHTS GRANTED FOR REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY ANY LEGITIMATE MEDIA OUTLET - SUCH AS NEWSPAPER, BROADCAST OR TRADE PERIODICAL. MAY NOT BE USED ON ANY NON-MEDIA WEBSITE PROMOTING PR OR MARKETING SERVICES OR CONTENT DEVELOPMENT. Disclaimer: This press release content was not created by nor issued by the Associated Press (AP). Content below is unrelated to this news story.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
NM courts name first-ever behavioral health reform expert
Administrative Office of the Courts Behavioral Health Integration and Reform Administrator Esperanza Lucero. (Courtesy photo) The state agency that runs state courts on Monday morning named Esperanza Lucero as its first-ever behavioral health integration and reform administrator, the person tasked with implementing major parts of a new state law reforming New Mexico's behavioral health system. New Mexico this year enacted Senate Bill 3, which is meant to rebuild the state's systems for addressing mental health challenges, including substance use disorder. The law requires the Administrative Office of the Courts to divide the state into behavioral health regions, each of which will identify five behavioral health priorities over the next four years. 'I see the Judiciary as uniquely suited to providing the leadership to bring together local stakeholders and providers in a meaningful way,' Esperanza said in a statement. Esperanza's first task in her new position is to assess the initiatives already underway in New Mexico under what is called Sequential Intercept Mapping (SIM), Supreme Court Chief Justice David Thomson said in a statement. SIM is a commonly used conceptual model developed in the early 2000s that outlines points of 'intercept' where people with mental health or substance use disorders can receive treatment and support. AOC completed mapping for Santa Fe County in January; for Rio Arriba County in December; and for the Eighth Judicial District in northeastern New Mexico in October, according to reports published on its website. A mapping workshop for the Fourth Judicial District in Mora, San Miguel and Guadalupe counties is scheduled for June 10 and 11, and a workshop for Los Alamos County is scheduled for June 23 and 24. By June 1, the state Health Care Authority's Behavioral Health Services Division will provide AOC with behavioral health standards and service evaluation guidelines, and by the end of this year, the state's Medicaid program will establish a group of licensing boards to help streamline mental health providers' credentialing, according to a timeline presented by New Mexico's top adult mental health services official earlier this month. Lucero previously served as director of the state Department of Health's Center for Health Protection, and led the Aging and Long-Term Services Department's Adult Protective Services Division. 'Her experience working extensively with state and local agencies to implement policy, strategies and initiatives will help in laying the groundwork for behavioral health system improvements required by state law,' AOC Director Karl W. Reifsteck said in a statement. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Judge Halts Federal Scrutiny of $200 Transactions
Among the many intrusions of the federal government into our lives is the requirement that cash transactions of $10,000 or more be reported to the authorities. It's just one exercise in surveillance of our lives that should be done away with. But instead of abolishing currency transaction reports, the federal government recently lowered the reporting threshold to $200 in some border areas. Fortunately, a federal judge blocked enforcement of the order in California while legal challenges move forward. "Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) to further combat the illicit activities and money laundering of Mexico-based cartels and other criminal actors along the southwest border of the United States," the U.S. government's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announced March 11. "The GTO requires all money services businesses (MSBs) located in 30 ZIP codes across California and Texas near the southwest border to file Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs) with FinCEN at a $200 threshold, in connection with cash transactions." A decade ago, the policy change might have been justified in the name of fighting terrorists; these days, the feds fret over criminal cartels (although, as Reason's Joe Lancaster reported, President Donald Trump split the difference by designating cartels as terrorists). But no matter who government officials claim to be targeting, the burden of compliance always falls on individuals and small businesses. The change is a big one. Prior to the March 11 announcement, the threshold had been set at $10,000 since 1972. The dollar has lost much of its purchasing power since then, meaning that more and more transactions are subject to the reporting requirement, increasing the burden of compliance. "The inflation-adjusted threshold in 2023 would have been about $72,880," a December 2024 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report observed. "Using an inflation-adjusted threshold would have reduced the number of CTRs filed by at least 90 percent annually since 2014." Not only are Americans suffering under intrusive paperwork, but law enforcement is trying to drink from a firehose of reports. "Law enforcement agencies accessed less than 3 percent of CTRs filed from 2014 through 2023," the GAO added. But instead of eliminating or streamlining the reporting requirement, the feds lowered the threshold. That means much more paperwork for everybody in the affected ZIP codes. "Esperanza Gomez and Arnoldo Gonzalez, Jr. run small businesses near the U.S.-Mexico border that provide everyday, small-dollar financial services—often for customers without bank accounts," the Institute for Justice noted in an April 15 press release about a lawsuit challenging the lowered reporting threshold. "While $10,000 is a large amount to Esperanza and Arnoldo's customers—Esperanza's business, for instance, has never had a transaction that large—lowering the threshold to $200 will mean that almost every transaction triggers a report. The reports require detailed information including birthdates, Social Security numbers, and home addresses." Each report takes Gomez and Gonzalez 20 minutes to file, which means hours of extra work every day. Meanwhile, any actual criminals interested in evading the reporting requirement can take their business to a ZIP code outside the affected area. The excessiveness of the policy change proved persuasive to U.S. District Judge Janis Sammartino of the Southern District of California. On Tuesday, she issued a temporary restraining order that applies to enforcement of the reporting threshold change in the California ZIP codes. "Sammartino ruled that the San Diego plaintiffs, Gomez and her business, Novedades y Servicios Plus, 'have demonstrated a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of their claims,'" reports Alex Riggins of The San Diego Union-Tribune. "The plaintiffs had argued that the geographic targeting order was unlawfully issued without undergoing the notice-and-comment procedures prescribed by federal law and that the rule is arbitrary and capricious under federal law." "The government's order enlists these businesses to carry out an unprecedented and sweeping government surveillance system, and buried them in paperwork in the process," commented Institute for Justice Senior Attorney Rob Johnson. "We are grateful for this temporary relief and will continue to fight to make it permanent." The plaintiffs plan to request an extended restraining order that will remain in place for the duration of litigation. Ultimately, they hope to entirely overturn the lowered reporting requirement. Earlier this month, financial services businesses along the Texas border won a more-targeted restraining order against the government that temporarily relieves them of the burden of compliance while their lawsuit proceeds. One of the plaintiffs in that case pointed out that many of his competitors are located on the Mexican side of the border, beyond the reach of U.S. government reporting requirements. In a May 2024 piece for Reason, Nicholas Anthony and Naomi Brockwell pointed out that financial surveillance has become increasingly intrusive in recent decades with relatively little pushback relative to other forms of government snoopiness. "Compared to today, customers in the 1970s had far more freedom in opening accounts and interacting with their own money. Back then, the decision to transact with a bank could be based on the cash in one's pocket," they wrote. "Transactions were not scrutinized for threats of terrorism or drug trafficking. Customers were not legally required to supply a photo ID to set up an account." Change, and the erosion of financial privacy, came with the passage of the Bank Secrecy Act, they added. Inflation has further extended the government's reach by applying what were once high-dollar thresholds for scrutiny to relatively common transactions. Along with the Biden administration's aborted attempt to monitor cash flows of as little as $600, the recent FinCen reduction of the reporting threshold to $200 makes it clear that government officials want to know where our money is at all times. Hopefully, more forceful pushback against financial surveillance will begin with the temporary restraining order in California and its companion in Texas. The post Judge Halts Federal Scrutiny of $200 Transactions appeared first on
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Migrant kids reportedly pulled from Massachusetts schools over deportation fears
Thousands of parents in Massachusetts are allegedly keeping their kids home from school out of fear of ICE raids and deportation since President Donald Trump's inauguration. The Boston Globe reported on Tuesday that these migrant parents have become fearful after seeing ICE raids throughout the state. "Amid the Trump administration's promises of mass deportations, some schools in Massachusetts and nationwide in recent weeks saw an uptick in absences among migrant students," the article read. One mother in Lynn, Massachusetts, named Esperanza said she has kept her daughter home at least once during the past month as a result. Boston Authorities Rejected All 15 Immigration Detainer Requests Ice Made In 2024, New Report Says "There's a fear there, as if someone were chasing us," Esperanza told the paper. Read On The Fox News App Her 9-year-old daughter felt the same way. "I think that they're going to deport us," the girl told The Globe in Spanish. "It scares me." The article reported that school administrators have claimed that thousands of kids across multiple school districts have stayed home over rumors of ICE agents in the area, though no school raids have been reported. Framingham Superintendent Robert Tremblay claimed that a quarter of students in his district stayed home one day over ICE rumors. "It's really important for families to understand that the safest place for their child is in school," Tremblay said. One legal immigrant, a mother named Monsy, added that "no one feels safe," and said her own kids stayed home from school one day out of fear of deportation. "I see the sadness, the fear, in the children. Sometimes they're crying," Monsy said. After claiming that district data showed that "[a]bsences appeared to spike in late January and early February," the report added that higher absence rates could also be attributed to "weather, illness, and other typical causes of seasonal fluctuation," with attendance having "largely returned to normal in some districts." Ice Raids Are The 'New Chapter In The War On Terror,' Msnbc Guest Alleges Data presented within the report showed only a three to five percent decrease in school attendance in Lowell, Worchester and Lawrence, districts with high migrant populations, since November. The Globe reported that absences in the city of Chelsea ticked up more than normal the day after the inauguration and when ICE was spotted at a local grocery, but absences were even higher for a "Day Without Immigrants" protest and a day there was snow. Chelsea Public Schools Communications Director Michael Sullivan confirmed the numbers listed in the article, telling Fox News Digital that their schools "have actually seen our attendance rates remain at our average for the most part." In a comment to Fox News Digital, Tremblay provided resources that his schools have given to parents worried about ICE raids but also admitted it's unclear if absences can be attributed to deportation fears or sickness. "With absences at this time of year due to sickness, it is difficult to discern what absences may be related to sickness vs. fear of deportation or other reasons," Tremblay said. Salem Public Schools Communications Director Chris O'Donnel also added they do not have exact figures on absenteeism caused by fears of deportation. Fox News Digital reached out to various other Massachusetts school districts and superintendents referenced in the article source: Migrant kids reportedly pulled from Massachusetts schools over deportation fears
Fox News
26-02-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Migrant kids reportedly pulled from Massachusetts schools over deportation fears
Thousands of parents in Massachusetts are allegedly keeping their kids home from school out of fear of ICE raids and deportation since President Donald Trump's inauguration. The Boston Globe reported on Tuesday that these migrant parents have become fearful after seeing ICE raids throughout the state. "Amid the Trump administration's promises of mass deportations, some schools in Massachusetts and nationwide in recent weeks saw an uptick in absences among migrant students," the article read. One mother in Lynn, Massachusetts, named Esperanza said she has kept her daughter home at least once during the past month as a result. "There's a fear there, as if someone were chasing us," Esperanza told the paper. Her 9-year-old daughter felt the same way. "I think that they're going to deport us," the girl told The Globe in Spanish. "It scares me." The article reported that school administrators have claimed that thousands of kids across multiple school districts have stayed home over rumors of ICE agents in the area, though no school raids have been reported. Framingham Superintendent Robert Tremblay claimed that a quarter of students in his district stayed home one day over ICE rumors. "It's really important for families to understand that the safest place for their child is in school," Tremblay said. One legal immigrant, a mother named Monsy, added that "no one feels safe," and said her own kids stayed home from school one day out of fear of deportation. "I see the sadness, the fear, in the children. Sometimes they're crying," Monsy said. After claiming that district data showed that "[a]bsences appeared to spike in late January and early February," the report added that higher absence rates could also be attributed to "weather, illness, and other typical causes of seasonal fluctuation," with attendance having "largely returned to normal in some districts." Data presented within the report showed only a three to five percent decrease in school attendance in Lowell, Worchester and Lawrence, districts with high migrant populations, since November. The Globe reported that absences in the city of Chelsea ticked up more than normal the day after the inauguration and when ICE was spotted at a local grocery, but absences were even higher for a "Day Without Immigrants" protest and a day there was snow. Chelsea Public Schools Communications Director Michael Sullivan confirmed the numbers listed in the article, telling Fox News Digital that their schools "have actually seen our attendance rates remain at our average for the most part." In a comment to Fox News Digital, Tremblay provided resources that his schools have given to parents worried about ICE raids but also admitted it's unclear if absences can be attributed to deportation fears or sickness. "With absences at this time of year due to sickness, it is difficult to discern what absences may be related to sickness vs. fear of deportation or other reasons," Tremblay said. Salem Public Schools Communications Director Chris O'Donnel also added they do not have exact figures on absenteeism caused by fears of deportation. Fox News Digital reached out to various other Massachusetts school districts and superintendents referenced in the article.
